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[Features] On Oct. 24, members of the Barron Park Green Team and Gunn Green Team met on the Gunn football field to join thousands of others worldwide to celebrate the 350 Day of Action, an event organized to raise awareness of and educate the public about global warming and the number 350. —Nicola Park
[Entertainment] The Oracle presents a sneak preview of the fall play, a comedic look at the pitfalls of cultures clashing.—Nicola Park
[Features] Palo Alto resident inspires others through biking and overcoming past hardships.—Nicola Park
[Features] The Oracle staff introduces Gunn teachers' pets.— Regina Ahn, Nicola Park & Linda Yu
[Forum] Grades. Tests. Homework. APs. College. The very utterance of these words quickens heartbeats and causes students to groan with anxiety, fatigue or dread. They are the reasons why many sacrifice their social lives and free time in exchange for hitting the books. Grades are curious things—they can cause nervous breakdowns or elation, but most of the time they simply cause stress. In Gunn’s highly academic climate, grades can be a sensitive topic and consequently should be kept as confidential as possible.—Nicola Park
[Forum] Americans have always valued freedom of choice as an inalienable right. However, the health care reform Obama is proposing will actually limit our health care options. Universal health care sounds great in theory, but the way Obama plans to meet reform demands is questionable. The fine print of the new plan indicates restrictions in choice of your own plan as well as on rewards for healthy living. We are in desperate need of reform, but there are other ways to change the system that will preserve the rights of the people. —Nicola Park
[Features] The Oracle staff interviews junior Evelien de Greef.—Nicola Park
[Entertainment] Apple released the newest version of the iPod nano last Wednesday, the fifth generation.—Nicola Park
[News] Senior Sam Zeif spent three weeks this summer working as an intern for Christoff: Finio Architecture in New York City. —Nicola Park
[News] InClass shut down on the weekend of April 24 to 26 due to a backup malfunction, affecting teachers and students alike. Although the district regularly backs up all of the information, InClass shut down when the backup did not work properly and corrupted data, Instructional Technology Manager Darlene Feldstein said. —Nicola Park
[Features] The Oracle staff interviews new Student Body President Daljeet Virdi. —Nicola Park
[Entertainment] As the annual One Acts approaches, the cast is preparing for the last performance of the 2008-2009 school year. The show is a series of short, entirely student-directed plays led by seniors Ella Cooley, Franzi Mayer, Sabrina Riddle, Rivka Kelly and Amalia Bob-Waksberg, junior Michelle Lalonde and sophomore Catherine Volpe. The performances range from light-hearted comedies to acts of suspense, and contrast from other school productions in various ways. “[It] is really special because it’s students picking what play speaks to them,” Cooley said. “I have a lot of free reign except for, well, nudity,” Cooley said. —Nicola Park
[Sports] The girls’ varsity basketball team ended the regular season with an undefeated 26-0 record and an 11-0 record in league play, earning the team’s first-ever De Anza league title and setting a new school record. “It wasn’t what we expected, but we are really happy,” senior guard Rimona Cartun said. —Nicola Park